Towel cabinet



July 7 1925. 1,544,799

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J. N. BORROUGHS TOWEL CABINET Filed Oct. 25, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 0 6 'IIIIIIIIIIIIII/IIIIl/ll/Ilfl c i INVENTOR .foafPH-IX aom'oaae's Patented July 7. 1925.

UNITE SSTATJES osEri-I N. noimouens, O'F OAKLAND,- CALIFORNIA.

TOWEL CABINET.

Application filed October 23 To allz'vhom it ma concern: Be it known that I, JosEPH N. BORROUGHS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Towel Cabinets, of which the following is a specification. 'My invention is an improved towel cabinet. I

A considerable amount of time is wasted, and it is quite diflicult, to insert a clean towel on its roller in the cabinet. The towel roller has been mounted on bearingsheretofore, which increased the expense of construction and necessitated aconsiderable number of extra parts, such as a brake,\a spring, and so forth.

The object of my invention is to provide a suspension means for the supply roller in which the roller may be quickly placed and which is simple in construction and eflicient in operation.

A further object of my invention is to provide a control means to limit the amount of towel which can be withdrawn Other objects and advantages will appear in the course of the specification.

Referring to the drawing which forms a part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my towel cabinet with the door in its open position Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1. v

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a face view of the releasing mechanism andcontrol gear.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional View taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a planview of the supply roller basket.

Figure 7 is a sectional view taken on line 7-7 of Figure 6.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates a towel cabinet comprising side walls 2 and 3, a door 4: and

a lower front wall 5. V

A supply roller basket 6 rests upon brackets 7 and 8 which are secured to the side walls 2 and 3. The basket 6 comprises a rim 9 from which depend a plurality of supporting straps 10. The roll of toweling is dropped into the basket 6 and rests loosely upon the Straps 10. No painstaking care is 1922. Serial No. 596,246.

required to insert a clean towel the cabinet.

A supply roller 11, covered with corrugated rubber, is journaled in the sidewalls 2 and 3 at the rear of the cabinet 1 and under'the basket 6. A pressure roller 12 is mounted upon straps 13 which are pivoted.

supply in at 14 in the side walls 2 or 3. Springs 15 are secured to the straps 13 and to the walls 2 or 3 to urge the roller 12 against the roller 11. A take-up roller 16 is journaled in the side walls 2 and 3 below the roller 11 andforwardly thereof, and a pressure roller 17 bears against it. The roller 17 is mounted on straps 18 which are pivoted at 14 and a spring 19 is secured to thestrap and the wall '2 or 3 to urge the roller 17 against the roller 16.' The edges of the supply rollerll are tapered as at 11 and the edges of the .takeup roller 16 are tapered as. at 16' which prevents the towel from travelling over the edge of the rollers. A slot 20 is formed in the door 4 to allow for the emission of the towel. A notch-21 is formed in the lower edge of the door 4 to admit the towel into the cabinet 1.

A plate 22 is secured to the lower edge of the slot 20 and extends inwardly over the rollers 16 and 17 to prevent the clean towel from coming in contact therewith. A second plate 22' is inserted across the cabinet under the plate 22 to prevent the moisturewhich rises from the damp towel below from penetrating the clean roll above. A plurality of wires 23 are loosely hung from the roller 16, the lower ends of which wires are secured to a rod 24. ,The wires 23 prevent the soiled towel from rewinding around the roller 16 and thus obstruct the action of the cabinet.

Secured to one end of the roller 16 adjacent the wall 2 is a gear 25, and a gear 26 is secured to the end of the roller 11. An idler gear 27 is journaled in the wall 2 and meshes with both gears 25 and 26. Meshing with the idler gear 27 is a control gear 28. A stop bar 29 is secured to the gear 28 and one end thereof projects slightlybeyond the periphery of the gear and is adapted to engage a trigger 30. The trigger is pivoted to the wall 2 below the gear 28 and the upper end is arcuate in shape as at 31 to conform to the shape of the gear. A lip 32 is formed at the top of the trigger .30 which is adapted to engage the .bar 29 to stop rotation of the gear 28. The upper end of the trigger 31 is slightly wider than the gear '28 so that when the bar 29 is engaged by the trigger it is sprung outwardly, and upon being released falls back of the trigger.

'6 A spring 33 is secured to the trigger 31 to urge it towards the gear 28. Pivoted to the lower end of the trigger 30 and extending through the wall 5 is a push button 34. When the button 34 is depressed the trigger 30 isswung outwardly to release the bar 29 and allows the control gear 28 to rotate a complete revolution and releases a given amount of towel.

' The towel is threaded in the following manner: The supply is placed in the basket rollers 16 and 17 and the end falls into the bottom of the cabinet 1.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a towel cabinet a baskettadapted to hold a supply roll oftoweling, means for supporting said basket, a door, said door havingan aperture formed therein through which the towel projects, and a plurality of rollers within said cabinet through which the towel is threaded, and means comprising an elongated loop hung from one of said rollers and adapted to maintain substantially a vertical position to prevent the towel from winding about said roller.

2. In a deviceoof the class described, a

plurality of rollers'and means comprising elongated loops hung from one of said rollers adapted to maintain substantially avertical position to prevent material threaded between said rollers from winding about said roller. i

3. A towel cabinet comprising sidewalls, a door, and a front wall below said door, means for V loosely supporting the towel within said cabinet, towel actuating rollers journaled in said side walls, gears secured to one end of said actuating rollers, an idler gear meshing with said gears, a control gear meshing with said idler gear, a trigger pivoted adjacent to said control gear, a bar secured to saidcontrol gear, a lip on said trigger to engage said bar, a spring secured to said trigger, a push button pivoted to said trigger and extending through said front wall whereby said trigger may be swung away from said bar to release said control gear for rotation.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOSEPH N. BORROUGHS. 

